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Xcitek Hires Jones for Product Management Group; Gyngell in Europe
Larry W. Jones has joined corporate actions firm Xcitek as senior vice president of its product management group, responsible for managing the product roadmap. Although not from a corporate actions background, Jones spent 18 years at HP/Compaq Computer Corp. within its global services division, as well as Integrated Medical Systems International and Adea Solutions. He…
Markit Establishes Tokyo Office, Led by Mizutani
Markit Group has hired Katsumi Mizutani to head the company’s new Tokyo office and manage business development in Japan. He joins from TD Securities, where he was managing director and head of credit derivative structuring and customised solutions in Tokyo. Prior to that, he was at Deutsche Bank in the capital markets team. Also joining…
FT Interactive Data Adds Younge in Business Development for Ireland
FT Interactive Data has appointed Sandra Younge as business development manager for Ireland, based in Dublin. She was previously international business manager at MoneyMate, an Irish investment and fund data provider. FT Interactive maintains more than 100 staff in its Dublin office.
Thomson Financial Names Rowlands CEO
Thomson Financial has selected COO Sharon Rowlands to succeed Dave Shaffer as chief executive. Rowlands, who joined Thomson Financial from FT Information – now FT Interactive Data – retains the role of president. Shaffer, who has been CEO since 2002, moves back to Thomson corporate, continuing to report to Richard J. Harrington, president and chief…
Reuters Taps Barnes for Enterprise Information Marketing Role
Reuters has named Ken Barnes marketing director, Americas, for enterprise information products. Based in New York, Barnes will manage campaigns for the DataScope and real-time data feed products. Barnes previously led research and development initiatives with Reuters’ Innovation Program, and managed the Reuters strategic technology alliances. Before that, he managed data feed marketing for Bridge…
GoldenSource Hires Zill From CheckFree
GoldenSource – formerly known as Financial Technologies Inc (FTI) – has hired Mark Zill as executive vice president, with responsibilities including leadership and development of software operations for product management and development, customer care and international operations. Zill, based in New York. was previously with CheckFree Financial and Compliance Solutions through its acquisition of HelioGraph…
Perry Moves on From BearingPoint
After a brief stint at BearingPoint, Derek Perry has left to pursue other opportunities. Perry joined BearingPoint last year from Capco where he worked on reference data services.
Capco Adds Chelliah, Bennett to Team
Capco has brought onboard two new executives. Gopi Chelliah has been named partner and executive vice president, business process outsourcing and sourcing development, based in London. He will also be a key member of Capco’s Executive Management Committee and the Capco Transformation client services team. Chelliah joins from Deutsche Bank where he was managing director,…
Fortis Restructuring Sees Deschênes Named CIO
As part of Belgium-based Fortis’ restructuring, Alain Deschênes has been appointed chief information officer, responsible for providing vision, strategy, leadership and management to information systems and technology across Fortis’ banking and insurance operations. He will report to Herman Verwilst, deputy CEO and chief operating officer. Joining his team is Jean-Pierre Cardinael as chief technology officer,…
Shipperlee Rejoins S&P as European MD for Risk Solutions
Stuart Shipperlee is rejoining Standard & Poor’s as its new European managing director for the Risk Solutions division, based in London. Shipperlee, who will report to Gary Kearns, global leader for Credit Risk Services, was previously managing director of European operations for U.S. insurance ratings agency AM Best, and before that spent 10 years at…